Congestion and variable user charging as an effective travel demand management instrument

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 615-626

  Hensher, David A ^a   Puckett, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congestion; Road pricing; Travel demand management; Variable user charges

Indexed keywords

COSTS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT; VARIABLE USER CHARGES;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 33947356715     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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